Banning laura kipnis would betray wellesleys values the. Love is, as we know, a mysterious and controlling force. Laura kipniss witty and cunning treatise against modern love is as trenchant and unexpected, as jubilantly incendiary a work of social criticism as ive read in years. While acknowledging that there may in fact be some good marriages out there, somewhere, her main thesis is. Graduate student who is subject of title ix critic laura kipniss new book sues for defamation and invasion of privacy. Read enough stories about the madness whipping through college campuses right now, and you cant help. Apr 05, 2017 unwanted advances sexual paranoia comes to campus by laura kipnis 245 pages. Laura kipnis is the author of how to become a scandal, against love, and the female thing. Her book offers a very jaundiced and bitter look at marriage in particular and relationships in general. May 18, 2017 laura kipnis, a professor of radio, television, and film at northwestern u. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets.
Laura kipnis is a professor at northwestern university and a provocative feminist critic. Notes from an ongoing investigation, laura kipnis distinguishes between two different kinds of humor. Apr 09, 2017 laura kipnis tackles campus sexual politics in unwanted advances kipnis, a professor at northwestern, argues that title ix investigations of sexual misconduct on campus are vastly overexpanded. The pain caused by such loverelated lapses as infidelity, guilt, and deception is the subject of the art of love, in which kipnis notes the potholeridden intimacy systems that refuse to acknowledge their own contradictions and hence encourage damaging self. Laura kipnis is a cultural theoristcritic and former video artist. A more engaging but still very challenging anthology piece, loves labors, the first chapter of laura kipniss 2003 against love. Sexual paranoia on campus and the professor at the eye of. Feminism is broken, argues laura kipnis, if anyone thinks the sexual hysteria overtaking american campuses is a sign of gender progress. Apr 02, 2017 i n march 2015, news reached laura kipnis, a highprofile professor who teaches filmmaking at northwestern university, illinois, that a group of students had staged a protest against her in. Whether youve loved the book or not, if you give your honest and detailed thoughts then people will find new books that are right for them. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading against love. Hell is other people, existentialist jean paul sartre once said. Love is, as everyone knows, a mysterious and allcontrolling force, with vast power over our thoughts and life decisions. Most of her work, in fact, refers to societal constructs such as monogamy, marriage, and domesticity.
Laura kipniss endless trial by title ix the new yorker. A lawsuit against the northwestern professor alleges that she inflicted harm on one of her subjects. Sep 20, 2017 jeannie suk gersen writes about laura kipnis, a filmstudies professor at northwestern university, and the contested nature of sexual harassment. Her work focuses on sexual politics, gender issues, aesthetics, popular culture, and pornography. Deliberately provocative arguments, by cultural critic kipnis bound and gagged, 1996, etc. Aug 26, 2003 the pain caused by such loverelated lapses as infidelity, guilt, and deception is the subject of the art of love, in which kipnis notes the potholeridden intimacy systems that refuse to acknowledge their own contradictions and hence encourage damaging selfdeceptions and emotional burdens. The boundaries of assault have stretched northwestern professor laura kipnis was recently cleared in a title ix investigation prompted by student complaints over an. Laura kipnis opposing northwestern graduate students. But is there something a bit worrisome about all this uniformity of opinion. Here, she explains why monogamy turns nice people into petty dictators and household tyrants sunday september 7. Love has vast power over us, it shapes us as selves. By laura kipnis february 27, 2015 premium content for subscribers. Analysis of the poem against love by laura kipnis essay 1987 words 8 pages.
Jeannie suk gersen writes about laura kipnis, a filmstudies professor at northwestern university, and the contested nature of sexual harassment. Cases such as that of the activist film star and the young actor jimmy bennett may be about much more than sex, says the author laura kipnis. Love is, as everyone knows, a mysterious and allcontrolling force, with vast power over our thoughts and. But of course there was that one book that seemed so absurd i had to go for it. May 17, 2017 graduate student who is subject of title ix critic laura kipnis s new book sues for defamation and invasion of privacy. A polemic is a super catchy title, but a disappointingly inaccurate description of the contents of this essay book.
I like to end with kipniss bestknown work, against love. Shes been reading a novel by the comic writer patricia marx, a parody of a former lover who happens to be kipniss ex too. Is this the one subject about which no disagreement will be. Here, she explains why monogamy turns nice people into petty dictators and household tyrants sunday september 7, 2003 the observer. Clarity of expression and the uncompromising vehemence of her thought make laura kipnis the best polemical investigator writing today, which both sells her short and raises an unexpected question. Other readers will always be interested in your opinion of the books youve read.
A committed feminist, kipnis was surprised to find herself the object of a protest march by student activists at her university for writing an essay about sexual paranoia on campus. Yes, it was abused by two people trying to censor and punish laura kipnis for disagreeing with them. Laura kipnis and publishing house harpercollins publishers llc filed an opposition june 9 to a motion from a northwestern graduate student to continue using a pseudonym in her. Laura kipnis is sued over portrayal of graduate student in. Sexual paranoia comes to campus, men, how to become a scandal, against love, and a few others. Her present work focuses on the intersections of american politics, psyche, and the bodywith detours through love, marx, gender distress, adultery, scandal, freud, and the legacy of the avantgarde. Mar 23, 2017 why banning laura kipnis would betray wellesleys academic mission six professors at the college insist that campus speakers like the feminist intellectual will cause students damage or. I n march 2015, news reached laura kipnis, a highprofile professor who teaches filmmaking at northwestern university, illinois, that a group of students had staged a protest against her in. Kristen bearse printed in the united states of america first edition 4 6 8 9 7 5.
She began her career as a video artist, exploring similar themes in the form of video essays. Pdf the author discusses the way affairs are typically approached in our. Like kipniss four previous books, men feels like something written by your most hyperverbal friend, the sort of person who can turn even. About a year ago i decided that perhaps i should educate myself about this ephemeral concept of romantic love. A conversation with laura kipnis why would anyone be against love. In unwanted advances, her account of campus inquisitions that go well beyond the mccarthyite into the kafkaesque, laura kipnis is everything the academic bureaucrats she writes about are not.
In the essays collected here, laura kipnis revisits the archetypes of wayward masculinity that have captured her imagination over the years, scrutinizing men who have figured in her own life. Edward hirsch against love is a wonderfully provocative book, daring and incisive, written with verve and no small amount of humor. Not so difficult, as one of my favorite authors, bell hooks, writes extensively on the subject. Jan 16, 2009 who would dream of being against love. Love is, as everyone knows, a mysterious and allcontrolling force, with vast power over our thoughts and life.
In her new book, rebecca traister invokes rage to unify women in a. Notes from an ongoing investigation by laura kipnis metropolitan. Marriage is made in hell american writer laura kipnis has provoked a storm in the us with a new book attacking marriage. The pain caused by such love related lapses as infidelity, guilt, and deception is the subject of the art of love, in which kipnis notes the potholeridden intimacy systems that refuse to acknowledge their own contradictions and hence encourage damaging selfdeceptions and emotional burdens.
Against marriage ould be a much more accurate title for laura kipniss booklength essay, against love. A professor in the department of radiotvfilm at northwestern university, she has received fellowships from the guggenheim foundation, the rockefeller foundation, and the nea. Laura kipnis tackles campus sexual politics in unwanted. Laura kipnis is an american cultural critic and essayist. Graduate student who is subject of title ix critic laura. Northwestern university professor laura kipnis became the. Why banning laura kipnis would betray wellesleys academic mission six professors at the college insist that campus speakers like the feminist intellectual will cause students damage or. Laura kipnis is a professor in the department of radio, tv, and film at northwestern. But every age also defines love differently, which raises the question of how and why our current definitions of coupledom became what they are, also whether theyre workable or sustainable. When northwestern university professor laura kipnis published sexual paranoia strikes academe in the chronicle of higher education in february 2015, she didnt expect shed become the target of a title ix investigation as a result.
The boundaries of assault have stretched northwestern professor laura kipnis was recently cleared in a title ix investigation prompted by student complaints over an essay she wrote. In her polemic against love, laura kipnis argues that love cannot exist as traditional expressions of love such as marriage, monogamy, and mutuality. Unwanted advances tackles sexual politics in academia the. Against love by laura kipnis is a fascinating essay in that while the narrator technically rants against the horrors of romance, very little of the piece relates directly to love. A kipnis accuser speaks and kipnis corrects the record the. That about summarises the philosophy of laura kipnis. Unwanted advances sexual paranoia comes to campus by laura kipnis 245 pages. Aug 26, 2003 laura kipnis s witty and cunning treatise against modern love is as trenchant and unexpected, as jubilantly incendiary a work of social criticism as ive read in years. Laura kipnis, a professor of radio, television, and film at northwestern u. Sexual paranoia strikes academe the chronicle of higher. Against marriage ould be a much more accurate title for laura kipnis s booklength essay, against love. Kipnis says in a preface that her arguments are meant to be taken in a contrarian spirit, but i think that arguments made as the devils advocate must still be coherent argumentsa criterion that not everything here seems to meet. Laura kipnis tackles campus sexual politics in unwanted advances kipnis, a professor at northwestern, argues that title ix investigations of sexual misconduct on.
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